<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: 10 Awesome Things to Make Your Blog Rock!</title> <atom:link href="http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/</link> <description>Sarcasm, Tech, News, and More</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:32:19 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>By: 10 Awesome Things to Make Your Blog Rock!</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4969</link> <dc:creator>10 Awesome Things to Make Your Blog Rock!</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:03:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4969</guid> <description>[...] &gt;&gt;Continue reading original article [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] &gt;&gt;Continue reading original article [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4977</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:12:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4977</guid> <description>Thanks for the suggestion! However, most users prefer to have links open in a new tab/window only under their conditions. (For instance, when they right click and do it manually.)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the suggestion! However, most users prefer to have links open in a new tab/window only under their conditions. (For instance, when they right click and do it manually.)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4929</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:12:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4929</guid> <description>Thanks for the suggestion! However, most users prefer to have links open in a new tab/window only under their conditions. (For instance, when they right click and do it manually.)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the suggestion! However, most users prefer to have links open in a new tab/window only under their conditions. (For instance, when they right click and do it manually.)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Adam</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4917</link> <dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:49:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4917</guid> <description>Cool list. I&#039;m not using Thesis, though I&#039;m familiar with it. May take a look at it in the future. Going to go download LinkWithin now!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cool list. I&#39;m not using Thesis, though I&#39;m familiar with it. May take a look at it in the future. Going to go download LinkWithin now!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: itjobs1</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4903</link> <dc:creator>itjobs1</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:02:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4903</guid> <description>Great post - but I would have your links open up into a new window.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.staffinpowe.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.staffinpowe.com&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post &#8211; but I would have your links open up into a new window.<br /><a href="http://www.staffinpowe.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.staffinpowe.com</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: minhmeo</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4890</link> <dc:creator>minhmeo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:13:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4890</guid> <description>i did:&lt;br&gt;+ buy thesis theme&lt;br&gt;+ install twetmeme&lt;br&gt;+ install Linkwithin&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;i got:&lt;br&gt;Thesis theme: Simple n  Powerfull!!!&lt;br&gt;Tweetmeme: increase RT&lt;br&gt;Linkwithin: increase pageviews&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for nice post :)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i did:<br />+ buy thesis theme<br />+ install twetmeme<br />+ install Linkwithin</p><p>i got:<br />Thesis theme: Simple n  Powerfull!!!<br />Tweetmeme: increase RT<br />Linkwithin: increase pageviews</p><p>Thanks for nice post :)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4803</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4803</guid> <description>Thanks, Kiran! Thesis is definitely amazing.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Kiran! Thesis is definitely amazing.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Kiran</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4777</link> <dc:creator>Kiran</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:45:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4777</guid> <description>What a great blog! I just purchased the Thesis theme, and I must say this is by far the most powerful theme on earth! Simple &amp; amazing! Thanks for all the tips and tricks of using Thesis theme effectively. I am definitely bookmarking your blog :)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a great blog! I just purchased the Thesis theme, and I must say this is by far the most powerful theme on earth! Simple &#038; amazing! Thanks for all the tips and tricks of using Thesis theme effectively. I am definitely bookmarking your blog :)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Learn PPC</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4731</link> <dc:creator>Learn PPC</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:35:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4731</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Learn PPC...&lt;/strong&gt;......</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Learn PPC&#8230;</strong></p><p>&#8230;&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4571</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:47:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4571</guid> <description>Nothing wrong with increasing your own attention to your blog!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing wrong with increasing your own attention to your blog!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nate_Alexander</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4570</link> <dc:creator>Nate_Alexander</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:02:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4570</guid> <description>Once again...great suggestions. Just added Linkwithin to my blog, as I was trying to figure out how you did it on here! LOL. It meshes perfectly with my blog and definitely encourages clicking around. Since I have alot of video, it thumbnails them nicely and makes ME want to watch more! LOL&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;thanks again!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again&#8230;great suggestions. Just added Linkwithin to my blog, as I was trying to figure out how you did it on here! LOL. It meshes perfectly with my blog and definitely encourages clicking around. Since I have alot of video, it thumbnails them nicely and makes ME want to watch more! LOL</p><p>thanks again!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: nuwomb</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4475</link> <dc:creator>nuwomb</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:51:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4475</guid> <description>I picked up trust agents the other day, I was at the book store as soon as they FINALLY got copies and it was actually still wrapped up in a box on the skid.  I had to go back the next day to grab it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am looking to really ramp up my blogging and change my life in the next few months. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am going to test out the linkedin within for related posts.  It seems more interactive with the thumbnails.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I picked up trust agents the other day, I was at the book store as soon as they FINALLY got copies and it was actually still wrapped up in a box on the skid.  I had to go back the next day to grab it.</p><p>I am looking to really ramp up my blogging and change my life in the next few months.</p><p>I am going to test out the linkedin within for related posts.  It seems more interactive with the thumbnails.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4380</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:25:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4380</guid> <description>Glad you like! The widget on the left can be created by following this tutorial by Matt Gross - &lt;a href=&quot;http://thesistutor.com/how-to-add-killer-social-icons-with-thesis/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://thesistutor.com/how-to-add-killer-social...&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad you like! The widget on the left can be created by following this tutorial by Matt Gross &#8211; <a href="http://thesistutor.com/how-to-add-killer-social-icons-with-thesis/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://thesistutor.com/how-to-add-killer-social.." rel="nofollow">http://thesistutor.com/how-to-add-killer-social..</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: 10 Awesome Things to Make Your Blog Rock! &#124; MattFlies.com</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4377</link> <dc:creator>10 Awesome Things to Make Your Blog Rock! &#124; MattFlies.com</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:55:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4377</guid> <description>[...] more: 10 Awesome Things to Make Your Blog Rock! &#124; MattFlies.com             Comments0  Leave a Reply  Click here to cancel [...]</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] more: 10 Awesome Things to Make Your Blog Rock! | MattFlies.com             Comments0  Leave a Reply  Click here to cancel [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tushar</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4375</link> <dc:creator>Tushar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:39:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4375</guid> <description>Hey, Matt.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you for useful post. Btw, how do you have the widget (on your LHS of page) for twitter, facebook,friendfeed, rss, mail etc.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Matt.</p><p>Thank you for useful post. Btw, how do you have the widget (on your LHS of page) for twitter, facebook,friendfeed, rss, mail etc.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4367</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:40:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4367</guid> <description>Screenr is pretty cool! It&#039;s only been out a few days, so it isn&#039;t mainstream quite yet!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Screenr is pretty cool! It&#39;s only been out a few days, so it isn&#39;t mainstream quite yet!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Simple Llama</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4366</link> <dc:creator>Simple Llama</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:20:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4366</guid> <description>Can&#039;t believe I&#039;ve never heard of screenr before.  Not sure what I&#039;ll use it for, but I&#039;m sure I will.  Love the price too, of course.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can&#39;t believe I&#39;ve never heard of screenr before.  Not sure what I&#39;ll use it for, but I&#39;m sure I will.  Love the price too, of course.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4362</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:00:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4362</guid> <description>Thanks for the post, but I like to give users the option on whether or not to open most things in a new window. For some more in-depth reading on this, check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/01/should-links-open-in-new-windows/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this article on Smashing Magazine&lt;/a&gt;.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the post, but I like to give users the option on whether or not to open most things in a new window. For some more in-depth reading on this, check out <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/01/should-links-open-in-new-windows/" rel="nofollow">this article on Smashing Magazine</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt Langford</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4361</link> <dc:creator>Matt Langford</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:56:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4361</guid> <description>I would definitely consider a move to Wordpress if I were you. It&#039;s flexibility, seo optimization, and powerful backend make it a serious blogger&#039;s must have.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As for your domain name, switching can be a hassle, especially concerning SEO and incoming links. If you would like something more memorable, I&#039;d suggest buying another domain name and simply pointing it to your current site (301 redirect, perhaps). That way your current incoming links will still function and other users have the option of using the simpler domain name. There are, however, negatives with this route as well. I&#039;ll see if I can get some more people to chime in on this one...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would definitely consider a move to Wordpress if I were you. It&#39;s flexibility, seo optimization, and powerful backend make it a serious blogger&#39;s must have.</p><p>As for your domain name, switching can be a hassle, especially concerning SEO and incoming links. If you would like something more memorable, I&#39;d suggest buying another domain name and simply pointing it to your current site (301 redirect, perhaps). That way your current incoming links will still function and other users have the option of using the simpler domain name. There are, however, negatives with this route as well. I&#39;ll see if I can get some more people to chime in on this one&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ahmadism</title><link>http://mattflies.com/tech/10-awesom-things-to-make-your-blog-rock/#comment-4360</link> <dc:creator>Ahmadism</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:35:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://mattflies.com/?p=1174#comment-4360</guid> <description>First time on your site.  I love it.  I guess what I&#039;m trying to do is very similar to what you&#039;re already doing; and doing very well, if I may say so.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m starting to think I need to give Wordpress a try and ditch Blogger (which seems now to be for beginners).  Slightly different from your approach, I&#039;m doing daily themes at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ahmadism.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ahmadism.com&lt;/a&gt;  I was already thinking of changing the name to make it more spell-friendly; but many have said to keep it as is.  I would love your take (and that of your readers) on whehter I should keep the name or change it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m open to all suggestions and comments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ahmadism.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ahmadism.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/ahmadism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://twitter.com/ahmadism&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First time on your site.  I love it.  I guess what I&#39;m trying to do is very similar to what you&#39;re already doing; and doing very well, if I may say so.</p><p>I&#39;m starting to think I need to give Wordpress a try and ditch Blogger (which seems now to be for beginners).  Slightly different from your approach, I&#39;m doing daily themes at <a href="http://ahmadism.com" rel="nofollow">ahmadism.com</a> I was already thinking of changing the name to make it more spell-friendly; but many have said to keep it as is.  I would love your take (and that of your readers) on whehter I should keep the name or change it.</p><p>I&#39;m open to all suggestions and comments.<br /><a href="http://www.ahmadism.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ahmadism.com</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/ahmadism" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/ahmadism</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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